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I try to include a vegetable with every dinner. It’s a healthy practice and a yummy addition with these flavorful vegetable side dishes!
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We Love to Add Veggies!
Get your kids to eat their veggies!! When seasoned and cooked properly, veggies are a much more appealing side dish, and easy to eat—especially for the littles.
- Healthy. We all know veggies are a great way to get a well-rounded meal full of healthy nutrients and are often a low-carb side dish.
- Flavorful. With so many veggies to choose from, depending on the season, you have a cornucopia of flavors at your fingertips!
- Quick. Veggies cook up in a flash making them a quick and easy side to pair with any main dish.
Some Favorite Seasonings
Oregano, cloves, basil, parsley, thyme, tarragon, cinnamon, cumin, dill, garlic, nutmeg, and curry are among our favorites. Add citrus juice for a bright flavor.
Get Kids to Eat Veggies!
Kids aren’t always excited to eat vegetable side dish recipes, but these tips may help:
- Teach them. Help them understand why vitamins are important for our bodies, and how eating vegetables is healthy.
- Don’t give up! It can take serving a veggie up to 10 times before a child will eat it without fuss, and maybe even like it. Taste buds also change, so if a child still won’t eat it, try again months or even years later.
- Change the way it’s prepared. I have a child who will eat raw broccoli, but not cooked.
- Be a good example by eating your own veggies, and not being too vocal about vegetables that you don’t like.
- Let them help. When you let them help prepare the food, they are more likely to be willing to eat it.
- Make veggies fun. Celery by itself, no way! Add peanut butter and raisins, call it “Ants on a Log”, and it gets eaten.
Ways to Cook and Eat Vegetables
Here are some of the most common:
- Raw. The healthiest, quickest, and easiest way to eat vegetables is raw. Think veggie trays with dip or a salad.
- Steaming. Great for tender vegetables, but can work for any kind.
- Boiling. Place veggies directly into boiling water, along with a bit of salt for flavor.
- Blanching. Boil the vegetables until tender, then immediately run cold water over them, to keep them from cooking further.
- Sautéing. Heat a pan of oil and cook veggies until crisp and tender.
- Stir fry. Many people use this term interchangeably with sautéing, but there is a difference. The ingredients are the same, but you use HIGH heat to cook the vegetables much faster.
- Frying. Definitely delicious, but the least healthy way to cook veggies. Airfry for a healthier option.
- Roasting. Cook in the oven to bring out delicious caramelized flavors in vegetables.
- Grilling. Cut vegetables so they are large enough that they won’t fall through the grill grates or cook in a basket.
- Casserole. Bake times vary depending on the size and other ingredients included in the dish.
Favorite Veggie Sides
These delicious veggie side dishes are some of our favorites. Enjoy them all!
1 Roasted Brussel Sprouts Recipe
2 Funeral Potatoes Recipe
3 Brown Sugar Glazed Carrots Recipe
4 How to Boil Corn on the Cob Recipe
5 Best Mashed Potatoes Recipe
6 Roasted Sweet Potato Cubes Recipe
7 Green Bean Casserole Recipe
8 Roasted Red Potatoes Recipe
9 Creamed Corn Recipe
10 Oven Roasted Vegetables Recipe
Easy Vegetable Side Dishes
Ready in 30 minutes or less, any of these make a perfect side dish! This collection is simple but still packed with flavor. You can’t go wrong with any one of these!
11 Jiffy Corn Casserole Recipe
12 Microwave Corn
13 Corn Casserole Recipe
14 Honey Glazed Carrots Recipe
15 Roasted Cauliflower Recipe
16 Crockpot Green Beans Recipe
17 Parmesan Potatoes Recipe
18 Twice Baked Potatoes Recipe
19 Cheesy Hashbrown Casserole Recipe
20 Crock Pot Scalloped Potatoes Recipe
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Get the recipe21 Candied Sweet Potatoes Recipe
22 Slow Cooker Creamed Corn Recipe
23 Crock Pot Mashed Potatoes
24 Herb Roasted Potatoes Recipe
25 Crockpot Hashbrown Casserole Recipe
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Get the recipeGreen Vegetable Side Dishes
Get your greens with these veggie sides. They are flavorful and Green Giant approved!
26 Roasted Broccoli Recipe
27 Asparagus Bundles Recipe
28 Asparagus Roll Ups
29 Baked Parmesan Asparagus Recipe
30 Roasted Green Beans Recipe
31 Green Bean Bundles Recipe
32 Zucchini Fries Recipe
33 Parmesan Crusted Zucchini Recipe
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Get the recipe34 Sauteed Green Beans Recipe
35 Grilled Asparagus
Get Your Veggies!
Vegetables definitely don’t have to be a boring side with this list of tasty recipes – you’re sure to get lots of rave reviews no matter which delicious side dishes you choose!
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I’ve made the air fryer zucchini and pan fried zucchini. I always use your recipe for roasted cauliflower and I made brussel sprouts for the first time using your roasted recipe. So far so good and i’m looking forward to making more..
No meal is complete without a side dish. One of our favorite is the deep fried zucchini. Thank you for the selection. It will be fun trying your recipes!
You have so many delicious side dish recipes! We use your asparagus recipes all the time & My husband loves your brussels sprouts!!